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China sells bottled air to tourists as smog described as 'environmental crisis'

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China sells BOTTLED AIR to tourists as smog described as 'environmental crisis

China is offering a breath of fresh air to tourists affected by its high pollution levels – with plans to sell bottles of oxygen.

In an attempt to address its dangerous smog levels - described as an environmental crisis by the World Health Organisation - canned air is due to hit the streets.

The bottles of air will to be manufactured as part of a tourism scheme by authorities in the southwestern Guizhou province.

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Air in a bottle: Oxygen Bunnies hand out bottles of fresh air as part of a promotion in China

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Promotion: Free bottles of fresh air are handed out in the city of Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province

Air from the area's eco-tourism zones such as Fanjing and Leigong mountains will be bottled, and on the shelves to be sold from June 20.

However, entrepreneurial types are already cashing in on the idea.

Costumed characters called Oxygen Babies have been giving away bottles, which are filled with air collected at the Tianmu mountain scenic spot in the county of Linan in Zhejiang province.

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Dense smog: Pollution levels in China have been described as an environmental disaster by the WHO

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Bottled: The air is collected at the Tianmu mountain spot in Linan county in Zhejiang province

They are expected to tour the country, promoting to the new products, which are currently free of charge, and were pictured in the city of Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province.

Product manager Long Peng said: ‘The air in Tianmu mountain is so fresh that negative oxygen ion is 3,300 per cubic centimetre, much higher than the normal level.

‘The problem is that there are not enough negative ions in daily life. All the modern things we have generate an overabundance of positive ions that make us feel tired, depressed and irritable.’

The inspiration for the idea reportedly came from tourist shops near Mount Fuji in Japan, where cans of fresh air have been a huge success.

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Oxygen Bunnies: Bottles of fresh air are handed out to locals and tourists as part of a promotion in China

During a National Congress meeting, China's president, Xi Jinping, suggested Guizhou ‘sell cans in the future’, adding: ‘Air quality is now a deciding factor in people’s perception of happiness.’

However, it's not the first time bottle air has gone on sale in China. Last year, Chen Guangbiao, who made his fortune in the recycling business and is a high-profile philanthropist, claimed to have sold 10 million cans in just 10 days, as pollution levels reached a record high.

The move comes after the country’s biggest online travel agency and insurance firms joined forces to offer policies to tourists whose trips are visually impaired by the pollution.

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Air is now for sale. I never knew this day would ever come..

you would hate oxygen bars!! ;) I remember last year at coachella being allowed to try a free sample of "tap water" in a plastic cup from a kiosk in the grounds... very strange world!

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Anyone remember the Air pollution ad where the camera starts out on the floor of a jungle focused on a frog. The camera starts pulling back only to reveal the frog is in a mini ecosystem inside a phone booth sized "pay for air cylinder" on a street that looks bleak and post apocalyptic. Suddenly a guy in a suit comes stumbling over to put money in the air booth so he can have a few pulls of fresh air so he can make it home ?

It was in the mid 80's talk about seeing the future :(

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Can we just build something like the water aqueducts and just pump in clean air into the cities. in with the good out with the bad lol..

Or plant more trees.. Or make a giant filter out of old cigarette butts like in bio-dome..

Making a filter.. Making a filter....

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We're not killing the planet, we're killing the environment conducive to human life. The planet will be here for billions of years after we wipe ourselves off its face.

Pea-brained dinosaurs ruled the world for 165 million years without even trying. Wonder how long the super intelligent human species will really last?

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Can we just build something like the water aqueducts and just pump in clean air into the cities. in with the good out with the bad lol..

Or plant more trees.. Or make a giant filter out of old cigarette butts like in bio-dome..

Making a filter.. Making a filter....

Its not that simple. First of all, water aquaducts carry water......

second of all what ever is in the air gets diluted quickly so you can't really classify good air and bad air unless it is clearly visible in which case there is nothing you can do.

The trees think might work. And I think thats why here in Canada our air is much cleaner compared to other places. Have you ever flown from YVR? The first thing you'll notice when looking down is the amount of trees we have it's amazing how many we have and it makes a big difference on our air quality (and the fact we have wayyy fewer cars, plants, and pollution in general compared to China helps too).

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